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Product Description: Cajun humor must be kindly and homespun, andno one spins a tale with those requirements better than the world's number onehumorist, Justin Wilson.Written in dialect, his second collection of tales revolves around the livesof quick-witted farmers, determined deer hunters, and diehardfootball fans-people who could be your neighbors and friends, especially if youlive in Louisiana, and especially if you're the exceptionally neighborly andfriendly Justin Wilson-a man who never lets a good story go by...read more

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9780882894546 | Pelican Pub Co Inc, November 1, 1984, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Cajun humor must be kindly and homespun, andno one spins a tale with those requirements better than the world's number onehumorist, Justin Wilson.

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Product Description: Justin Wilson, the world's greatest spinner ofCajun tales, and Howard Jacobs, a leading authority on Cajun dialects, combinetheir rare talents in this rollicking anthology of Cajun humor.For more than forty-five years the delight of audiences around the country,the exceptionally neighborly and friendly Justin Wilson is without peer in hismastery of the distinctive Cajun patois and the stories Cajun joie devivre ...read more

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9780882893174 | Pelican Pub Co Inc, June 1, 1979, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Justin Wilson, the world's greatest spinner ofCajun tales, and Howard Jacobs, a leading authority on Cajun dialects, combinetheir rare talents in this rollicking anthology of Cajun humor.

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Product Description: From wistful Charlie the Mole, a gnome-like vagabond who established a thriving hobo hotel beneath the criminal courts building, to hapless Enrique Alferez, whose attempts to induce a chimpanzee to commit suicide unexpectedly boomeranged, a bizarre cast of authentic New Orleans characters is presented in this fascinating collection of Runyonesque profiles...read more

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9780882890012 | Pelican Pub Co Inc, June 1, 1973, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: From wistful Charlie the Mole, a gnome-like vagabond who established a thriving hobo hotel beneath the criminal courts building, to hapless Enrique Alferez, whose attempts to induce a chimpanzee to commit suicide unexpectedly boomeranged, a bizarre cast of authentic New Orleans characters is presented in this fascinating collection of Runyonesque profiles.

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